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On December 25 there are no tours from 12–2pm in preparation for our concert from 2–3:30pm.

Learn more and get tickets here.

The Museum will CLOSE AT 3PM on December 31 and remain CLOSED on December 1 for New Year's Day.

Image of the back of a person's head looking at a map of the Pale of Settlement Map. The map says: "The Great Jewish Migration".

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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FIRST LIGHT:
BIRTH IN THE JEWISH TRADITION

On view December 4, 2025 -

April 26, 2026

A menorah where each candle holder is a statue of liberty.

LIGHTING THE WORLD: MENORAHS AROUND THE GLOBE

December 2018 – Present

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PAST EXHIBITIONS

LOWER EAST SIDE, 1975: PORTRAIT OF A CHANGING JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD

December 3, 2024 – November 23, 2025

A COLLAGE OF CUSTOMS

May 11, 2023 – November 19, 2023

DEBRA OLIN: EVERY PROTECTION - FOLK BELIEF AND MOTHERHOOD IN THE JEWISH PALE OF SETTLEMENT

October 14, 2021 – April 24, 2022

RELEASING WORDS: THE CUT PAPER ART OF DEBORAH UGORETZ

April 12, 2019

REDISCOVERY, RESTORATION AND RENEWAL

September 2017 – March 2018

JEWISH GHETTO IN POSTCARDS

December 2016 – March 2017

MEMORY AND INHERITANCE: PAINTINGS AND CEREMONIAL OBJECTS BY TOBI KAHN

May 16, 2024 – November 10, 2024

UPON THY GATES

November 13, 2022 – April 23, 2023

PRESSED: IMAGES FROM THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD

October 2019 – October 2021

KIKI SMITH: BEYOND THE HORIZON

April 2018 – October 2018

MARK PODWAL

September 2016 – December 2016

ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE:
28 REMARKABLE WOMEN...
AND ONE SCOUNDREL

December 3, 2023 through May 5, 2024

STEVE MARCUS: TOP DOG OF KOSHER POP ART

May 12, 2022 – November 6, 2022

HARBIN, CHINA | PAST/PRESENT

April 2019 – October 2019

LET THERE BE LIGHT

November 2017 – February 2018

LOST SYNAGOGUES

March 2017 – September 2017

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